Having Fun with Fantastic Fables

Title is creative, sparks interest and is related to the story and topic. It gives the audience a hint about what happens in the fable.

Title is related to the story and topic.

Title is present, but does not appear to be related to the story and topic.

No title.

The main characters are named and clearly described in text. I used one or more animals for my characters. The animals talk and act just like people.

The main characters are named and described. I used one or more animals for my characters. The animals talk and act like people.

The main characters are named. I used one animal as a character and the animal sometimes talks or acts like a person.

It is hard to tell who the main characters are. There are no animals as characters that talk or act like people.

The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions.

The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used.

The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear.

Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged.

Mistake/Lesson

One character makes a silly mistake or a bad decision. The character clearly learns a lesson from the mistake.

One character makes a mistake or a bad decision. The character learns a lesson from the mistake.

One character makes a mistake, but it is not clear if the character learned a lesson.

The character does not make a mistake or learn any lessons.

At the end of my fable, I clearly wrote the moral.

At the end of the fable, I wrote the moral.

Near the end of the story, or at the end of the story, I described the moral.

My story does not have a moral.

I wrote very clearly and used descriptive language. My readers understand how the characters learned the lesson.

I wrote clearly and used some descriptive language. My readers understand how the characters learned the lesson.

Some parts of my writing was unclear and had little descriptive language. My readers have a little difficulty understanding how the characters learned the lesson.

My writing was mostly unclear. My readers do not understand how the characters learned the lesson.